And so from that, I've always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity.

Somebody asked me what I thought next generation meant and what about the PlayStation 3 was next generation. The only next gen system I've seen is the Wii - the PS3 and the Xbox 360 feel like better versions of the last, but pretty much the same game with incremental improvement.

It's rewarding to be able to change people's perceptions of reality, ... They just see their environment in a different way. They have a kind of different-colored glasses that they can see their world in. To me, that's really cool - when games can change you.

No game designer ever went wrong by overestimating the narcissism of their players.

And so from that, I've always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity.

The new generation of consoles has as much power to do the kind of games that we do as the PC does.

It used to be that you knew your neighbors and maybe your coworkers - the people in your physical vicinity.